Australia won the Oceania World Cup qualifying group by beating New Zealand, 4-1, to take the final, 6-1, on aggregate. The Socceroos will face the South America No. 5 team in a playoff in November. FINAL, FIRST LEG June 20 in Wellington New Zealand 0 Australia 2 (Emerton 5, 82). FINAL, SECOND LEG June 24 in Sydney Australia 4 (Zdrilic 6, 83, Emerton 36, Aloisi 57) New Zealand 1 (Coveny pen. 42). (Australia wins 6-1 on aggregate and meets South America’s fifth-place team in playoff.) GROUP 1 FINAL STANDINGS
| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 12 |
| Fiji | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 9 |
| Tonga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 6 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 3 |
| American Samoa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 0 |
*Qualifies for final round of Oceania qualifying.
RESULTS April 7 in Coffs Harbour Tonga 1 (Taufahema 87) Samoa 0. Fiji 13 (Masi pen. 3, 12, 51, 53, Lal 23, 24, pen. 28, 39, 45, Mateiwai 31, Nasema 56, Samy 69, 74) American Samoa 0. April 9 in Coffs Harbour Australia 22 (Chipperfield 3, 84, Mori 12, 22, 39, 57, Aloisi 14, 23, 36, 45, 51, 63, Muscat pen. 17, pen. 29, pen. 54, 83, Popovic 65, Vidmar 73, Zdrilic 77, 90, Thompson 79, Boutsiania 85) Tonga 0. Samoa 8 (Own goal 8, Gabriel 36, Faaisuaso 42, 52, 72, 87, Lemana 58, Michael 63) American Samoa 0. April 11 in Coffs Harbour Australia 31 (Boutsianis 10, 50, 84, Thompson 12, 23, 27, 29, 32, 37, 42, 45, 56, 60, 65, 85, 88, Zdrilic 13, 21, 25, 33, 66, 78, 89, Vidmar 14, 80, Popovic 17, 19, Colosimo 51, 81, De Amicis 55) Am. Samoa 0. Fiji 6 (Mateiwai 6, Masi 21, 41, Prasad 48, 81, Lal 85) Samoa 1 (Lemana 33). April 14 in Coffs Harbour Australia 2 (Corica 23, Foxe 81) Fiji 0. Tonga 5 (Taufahema 2, 24, 52, Moa pen. 79, Fakava 86) American Samoa 0. April 16 in Coffs Harbour Australia 11 (Vidmar 5, 50, Zdrilic 28, 57, Foxe 44, Popovic 55, 89, Thompson 75, 78, Chipperfield 76, own goal 81) Samoa 0. Fiji 8 (Leka 4, Masi 30, 34, 37, 48, 90, Vurukania 56, Nasema 62) Tonga 1 (Taufahema 78).
GROUP 2 FINAL STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 12 |
| Tahiti | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 3 |
| Cook Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 0 |
*Qualifies for final round of Oceania qualifying.
RESULTS June 4 in Albany Tahiti 6 (Senechal 26, Bennett 35, 41, 80, Amaru 53, Tagawa 81) Vanuatu 1 (Lauru 56). Solomon Islands 9 (Suri 13, Daudau 18, 54, 76, Menapi 30, 52, 85, Furisua 84, Koto 89) Cook Islands 1 (Te-Miha 5). June 6 in Albany New Zealand 5 (Coveny pen. 40, 55, 71, Lines 53, Perry 88) Tahiti 0. Vanuatu 8 (Iwai 4, 50, 60, 67, Lauru 27, Hattone 39, Maki 75, Waiwai 81) Cook Islands 1 (Pukoku 13). June 8 in Albany Solomon Islands 7 (Wickham 18, 48, Menapi 46, 73, Waita 49, Samani 62, Suri 80) Vanuatu 2 (Iwai 9, 90). New Zealand 2 (Hickey 65, 67) Cook Islands 0. June 11 in Albany New Zealand 5 (Coveny 27, 50, Jackson 35, 56, Urlovic 69) Solomon Islands 1 (Suri 83). Tahiti 6 (Senechal 2, 45, Tagawa 19, 64, 88, Bennett 51) Cook Islands 0. June 13 in Albany New Zealand 7 (Coveny 2, 8, 29, Jackson 25, Lines 27, Burton 61, Vicelich 68) Vanuatu 0. Tahiti 2 (Garcia pen. 25, Fatupua 77) Solomon Islands 0.
